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A July 13 Morning Call story regarding granting roughly five months each to two Northampton School District teachers for maternity leave paraphrased school board member Jane Erdo's position as "no other job in the world would hold a position open so long for someone on family leave. " The U.S. Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 provides for 12 weeks job protection but no provision for a paid leave. Early child-rearing by the parents is neglected in the USA. Stay-at-home child-rearing has given way to the two wage-earner families and infant child day care.

In 1976, my second pregnancy produced twin boys two months premature. Their lungs were so underdeveloped they were unable to breathe on their own. Lack of oxygen caused many other critical medical issues. One child died after eight days; the other child survives. My response to the July 9 article, "Seriously ill infants dying peacefully," is this: If not for the heroic measures of all the doctors and nurses involved in the care of my children, my husband and I would have two dead sons instead of one. Karen Arencibia Upper Saucon Township

An East Bangor woman faces criminal charges after investigators said she gave methadone to her infant child, according to court records. Heather Lynn D'Auria, 27, of 1. E. Central Ave. was charged Thursday with endangering the welfare of a child and delivery of a controlled substance. She is free on $50,000 unsecured bail, according to court records. The methadone was given to the infant for a 13-month period beginning last March, according to a criminal complaint. According to court records: On April 15, Northampton County Children and Youth reported a suspected child abuse case to the District Attorney's Office.

A man has been charged with killing his 3-month-old son by banging his head on the bathroom counter in their Lansdale area home. Jameel Earthy East, 23, of 403 Lantern Lane, Towamencin Township, caused the death of his son, Enzo, after the child vomited on him Friday, according to the Montgomery County district attorney's office. The baby died Saturday. East was arrested Wednesday on charges of third-degree murder and unsworn falsification to authorities. An ambulance took Enzo to Abington-Lansdale Hospital on Saturday, and he was unresponsive, according to the district attorney's office.

A 22-year-old Bethlehem man will plead guilty to charges for breaking his 5-month-old son's arm, according to court testimony Wednesday. Christian Bauer of 935 Laufer St. will plead guilty to simple assault, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child, said Bauer's attorney, Bohdan Zelechiwsky. In exchange for the guilty plea, Zelechiwsky said prosecutors will drop a charge of aggravated assault. Bauer remains in Northampton County Prison under $25,000 bail.

A Bethlehem man faces assault charges for allegedly breaking the arm of his 5-month-old son, according to court records. Christian Bauer, 22, of 935 Laufer St., was charged earlier this month with aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child. He remains in Northampton County Prison under $25,000 bail. According to court records: On Aug. 9, Bauer's 5-month-old son was treated at St. Luke's Hospital-Fountain Hill for a severe fracture to his right arm. Bauer was interviewed Aug. 13, but said he didn't know how his son's arm was broken and he did not cause the injury.

A young Bethlehem father learned Friday he will spend the next 18 to 24 months in state prison because he fractured his infant son's skull. Asking for mercy, Matthew D. Taylor, 24, said the incident — which happened more than a year ago — still haunts him and he can't sleep because of what he did. He didn't explain the details of the assault, but his defense attorney, Eleanor Breslin, noted that caring for infants can be so stressful that...

A Bethlehem man who fractured the skull of his infant son faces up to seven years in prison. Matthew Taylor, 24, admitted Tuesday to aggravated assault, a felony, for abuse that was uncovered after the baby was twice taken to the emergency room for extensive injuries to his head. The child was just 17 days old when he was brought to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg on Aug. 4, 2009, with a broken eye socket, police said. Five months later, the boy was again at the hospital, that time for multiple skull fractures and bruises on his forehead.

A Bethlehem man who broke his 1-month-old daughter's leg while high on heroin will serve four to 23 months in Northampton County Prison. David Allman Jr., 22, received the sentence Friday from Judge Emil Giordano after earlier pleading guilty to child endangerment. Allman was charged after the baby's mother took the girl to the emergency room of St. Luke's Hospital-Fountain Hill with a fractured right femur on Oct. 5, 2009. According to court records: Police twice interviewed Allman, who claimed the injury may have been accidental and said he would never intentionally hurt his daughter.

About 2 million baby strollers sold before 2008 at major retailers across the country are being recalled because four infants died of strangulation after becoming trapped in the leg opening under the tray. Graco Children's Products Inc. announced the voluntary recall of the Quattro Tour and MetroLite strollers Wednesday. The strollers were sold mostly at AAFES, Babies R Us, Burlington Coat Factory, Fred Meyer, Kmart, Meijers, Navy Exchange, Sears, Target and Walmart between November 2000 and December 2007.